Review: Apex : AD-2600 DVD Player

How better to kick things off on the CHAITGEAR site than review a hot-selling DVD player! I was up browsing around Amazon last month and came upon Apex 2600, read a number of the customer comments, and I figured that for the price, it looked to have an incredible feature set and would move quickly (it has been the #1 ‘Most Popular’ DVD player up on Amazon for an extended period).

From the box, the 2600 is a sub-$50 player with a number of features that beat $200+ units. It has the ability to play MP3s/JPGs off of both CD and DVD recordable media, and ability to do random/shuffle playback of files, great for large libraries.

Here’s the raw specs from the Apex Digital website:

Size: 16.75″(W) x 2.25″(H) x 9.75″(D)
Weight: ?? lbs.

Audio
• Dolby Pro Logic
• Dolby Digital/DTS/PCM Ready
• Analog Audio Out (Dual)
• Optical Audio Out

Video
• Component Video Output
• Composite Video Output
• S-Video Output

Special Features
• Full Sized Chassis
• KODAK Picture CD Compatible
• JPEG compatible
• Plays DVD, MP3, SVCD, CD, CD/R, CD/RW
• Microsoft Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Progressive Scan Output
• Component Video Output
• Video Fluorescent Display
• AFF-Active Full Screen Function
• Zoom (2x, 4x)
• Programmable Playback Sequence
• Frame by Frame Advance
• Parental Lock
• Multiple Language Subtitles (Captions)
• Multiple Angle
• Slow Motion Forward
• Fast Motion Forward
• Full Feature Remote Control